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Akshaya Tritiya
Summary
Akshaya Tritiya, also known as Akti or Akha Teej, is an annual Jain and Hindu spring festival. It falls on the third tithi (lunar day) of the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of the month of Vaisakha. It is regionally observed as an auspicious day by Hindus and Jains in India, it signifies the "third day of unending prosperity".Akshaya Tritiya is considered auspicious by Hindus and Jains in many regions of India and Nepal for new ventures, marriages, charity, and not in investments such as gold or other property. It is also a day of remembrance for the loved ones who have died. The day is regionally significant for women, married or unmarried, who pray for the well being of the men in their lives or the one they may in future get engaged to. After prayers, they distribute germinating gram (sprouts), fresh fruits and Indian sweets. If Akshaya Tritiya falls on a Monday (Rohini), the festival is believed to be even more auspicious. Fasting, charity and helping others on this day is another festive practice.
In Sanskrit, the word akshaya (अक्षय) means "never decreasing" in the sense of "prosperity, hope, joy, success", while tritiya means "third phase of the moon". It is named after the third lunar day of the spring month of Vaisakha in the Hindu calendar, when it is observed.
In Jainism, Akshaya Tritiya contains much importance as it commemorates the first Tirthankara, Rishabhanatha, ending his one-year asceticism by consuming sugarcane juice poured into his cupped hands. Some Jains refer to the festival as Varshi Tapa. Teerthankar Shri Aadinatha took diksha (initiation into digambar mudra/form) and left all his wealth and luxuries of his Kingdom of Ayodhya which used to be of Gold at his time. After his Deeksha , he fasted for 6 months and then started to look out for Ahaar he continued to Vihar as people in that age didn't know about the practice and method of Ahar Daan. But here comes the story of Raja Shreyansh. He was the younger brother of the King of Hastinapur Raja Sonprabha.
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